Recent developments in product-focused software process improvement

Abstract

This report summarizes the presentations and discussions that happened at PROFES 2013, the 14th International Conference on ProductFocused Software Process Improvement, which was held June 12-14, 2013 in Paphos, Cyprus. The main theme of PROFES is software process improvement (SPI) motivated by product, process, and service quality needs. PROFES 2013 addressed both quality engineering and management topics, divided into the areas of Decision Support in

Implementation of Kanban Practices with a Medical Device Software Development Lifecycle

“…Accordingly, within these development stages, the lean-Kanban practices are implemented as an iterative approach. This is also confirmed by literature, as Graziotin and Jedlitschka (2013) point out that this iterative approach addresses "the issue of managing a constant flow of requirements". The integration of the iterative approach within the v-model is illustrated in Figure 1.…”

“…Nevertheless, the list is agreed upon by consensus among software developers and research, offering a perfect starting point for a mixed method approach to the development of software as medical device. (Münch, 2016) Continuous improvement through iterative steps to establish a smoother flow (Hibbs, Jewett, & Sullivan, 2009) Create only necessary documentation (Graziotin & Jedlitschka, 2013;Shalloway, 2018) Establish software documentation planning to deliver necessary documentation to notified bodies (Stellman & Greene, 2014) Establish group performance, no heroic individuals (Shalloway, 2018) Implementation of Kanban approach within quality system (Münch, 2016;Shalloway, 2018) Implementation of virtual Kanban board (Münch, 2016) Link voice of customers to user and usability requirements (Cawley et al, 2012;Raffo, Mehta, Anderson, & Harmon, 2010) Manage pair programming (Al-Baik & Miller, 2015;Mc Hugh et al, 2017) Optimise the whole process and provide feedback (Cawley et al, 2012;Poppendieck & Poppendieck, 2007) PDCA (plan do check act) cycle (Deming, 1986) Radical improvement within a limited time (Lester, 2008;Wang et al, 2012) Visualise the workflow (Poppendieck & Poppendieck, 2007) Mixed method Kanban SDLC American and European guidelines clearly outline the tailoring of a software development lifecycle in order to standardize development practices and to achieve maximum impact (Zeegers, 2018). This paper focuses on the implementation of Kanban practices within a plan-driven medical device software development lifecycle.…”